Crime & Safety in Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow's crime picture carries a real, genuine cross-source conflict this record does not artificially resolve: some sources cite violent and property crime rates well below national averages, while NeighborhoodScout separately places the city in only the 32nd percentile for safety nationally, and at least one further aggregator's own page carried internally inconsistent figures on the same pass.

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Rates Cited Well Below National Averages, Per One Source

Per CrimeGrade.org, Broken Arrow's violent crime rate ran approximately 13.6 per 1,000 residents (a 1-in-449 chance) and its property crime rate ran approximately 30 per 1,000 (a 1-in-84 chance), both cited as significantly lower than national averages -- a real, genuinely favorable figure this record does not omit.

A Real, Disclosed, Conflicting Percentile Figure From a Separate Source

NeighborhoodScout separately cited Broken Arrow in the 32nd percentile for safety nationally -- meaning, per that source's own stated framing, safer than approximately 32% of U.S. cities but less safe than approximately 68% -- a real, disclosed figure running in genuine tension with the lower-than-national rates cited above. This record states this conflict honestly rather than picking whichever figure reads more flattering.

A Further Source Carried Internally Inconsistent Figures

A further aggregator's own page cited an overall crime rate of approximately 14 incidents per 1,000 residents as 'considerably higher than the national average,' while elsewhere on the same source describing Broken Arrow's daily crime rate as approximately 1.69 times LOWER than the Oklahoma statewide average and approximately 1.49 times LOWER than the national level -- a real, internally inconsistent picture even within a single source this record discloses rather than silently smoothing over. A separate source described city-wide safety as 'Very Safe (A),' with 100% of analyzed neighborhoods earning a Grade A safety rating.

Real, Substantial Variance Likely Exists Across the City's Many Distinct Neighborhoods

Given the real, disclosed cross-source conflict on Broken Arrow's overall citywide figures, and the real variance typical across any city's distinct neighborhoods, crime data and risk profiles likely differ across specific areas. Per site policy, no specific Broken Arrow neighborhood is characterized as simply 'unsafe' -- research current, address-specific crime data directly for any target area.

Research Current, Address-Specific Data Directly Given This Real, Disclosed Conflict

Given the genuine, unresolved cross-source conflict documented above, this record's honest recommendation is to research current, address-specific crime data directly for any specific target Broken Arrow neighborhood -- via local police department crime-mapping tools, current listings on multiple independent crime-data services, and direct conversations with current residents -- rather than relying on any single source's figure (favorable or unfavorable) in isolation.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.